PARENTS are being banned from naming babies after everything from TV shows and body parts, to the late Princess Diana and the Lord.

The law is saving children from a lifetime of humiliation - kooky monikers like “Honest Mary” and “Fireman Sam” are among those that have been rejected.

Although the Victorian naming police last year gave the stamp of approval to names inspired by condiments such as Pepper, music (Jazz) and even a baby called Reef, the line was drawn at royalty, religion and the ridiculous.

One couple thought Princess Diana would be a fitting name for their daughter, but were given the royal heave-ho by Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.

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Applications for Prince and Princess were similarly given the royal flush as titles and ranks are a no-go under Australian law.

The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act also deems as prohibited those names which are obscene or offensive, cannot be established “by repute or usage”, are too long or contain symbols such as exclamation and question marks.

A couple conjured up Wonderful Beautiful for their bub, while another were inspired by TV’s latest bikie hit with the name Anarchy.

They were sent back to the drawing board, along with a family which would have needed a miracle to name their child Lord. Another unconventional (and misspelt) title, Glory Hallelujah New Covernant, failed to make the cut.

Names rejected in 2014 will remain a mystery as the department has refused to release its most recent lists to the Sunday Herald Sun.

The Krieg family, of Staughton Vale, struck it lucky after last year rolling the dice with the name Texan Gamble.

While the Kriegs are an anti-gambling family, the middle name Gamble is symbolic in another way.

“We took a big gamble to have our last boy, Texan, and it paid off so that’s why we named him that,’’ his mother, Shell Krieg, said.

“I had two miscarriages before having Texan and he came three weeks early and was jaundiced. But he’s a happy baby now.

“We just wanted four kids, but had lots of trouble along the way having them.”

Mrs Krieg said the family was known in the area as Shell and the T-team - as Texan is one of five males with the initials TG.

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